What kind of cake is a 'Yule Log'?
Yule Log, or 'Buche de Noel', is a lovely traditional Christmas sponge cake styled to resemble a log. This dessert consists of a tender chocolate cake rolled and filled with a sweet homemade whipped cream then coated in a chocolate frosting. Decorated with meringue mushrooms, sugared cranberries, and rosemary, this is a festive and showstopping dessert.
It originated in France, and is now popular in many European countries, and other parts of the world. This impressive-looking dessert is based on the old tradition of bringing a trunk of the Yule tree inside, sticking the large end of the tree into the fireplace, and burning it through the 12 Days of Christmas. While some may still burn a Yule tree, over time, people have adapted the tradition to creating a log-shape chocolate cake to celebrate the holidays instead.
In its simpler version it is a chocolate swiss roll cake (single log), filled with chocolate whipped cream frosting, and frosted with a whipped chocolate ganache.
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